Weed Science Research Group - People
The Weed Science Research Group is based at the Waite and Roseworthy campuses.
Our research environments are varied and include the molecular/biochemistry laboratory, field laboratory, glasshouses, greenhouses and out in the paddocks.
Professor Christopher Preston
Theme leader.
A/Professor Gurjeet Gill
Theme leader.
Dr Jenna Malone
Research: Developing strategies to mitigate and manage resistance to key herbicides.
Dr Peter Boutsalis
Research: Surveying for herbicide resistance in broadacre cropping weeds.
Dr Mahima Krishnan
Research: Auxinic herbicides in broad-acre cropping weeds
Dr Tijana Petrovic
Research: Auxinic herbicides in broad-acre cropping weeds
Ben Fleet
Research: Crop competition for weed management and maintenance of crop yield.
Dr Geetha Velappan
Field laboratory manager.
Malinee Thongmee
Field laboratory and field work.
Alicia Merriam
PhD: Herbicide-resistant common sowthistle and prickly lettuce: dispersal, seed biology and management in lentils.
Zarka Ramiz
PhD: Effect of ecological and genetic factors on seed germination of ryegrass and brome grass.
Rajesh Barua
PhD: Herbicide resistance in winter grass and its management.
